2006-07-07 06:46:31 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
LOL... Good question!! :)
2006-07-07 07:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by linzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The oxygen tank has a higher ratio of oxygen to other gasses. Our atmosphere is only 21% at sea level. In an oxygen tank it can range from 50% to 100%. People who use oxygen tanks do so because their system has trouble extracting enough Oxygen from the air, so a higher oxygen percentage will be easier to absorb and increase the patient's blood oxygen level.
2006-07-07 13:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by zharantan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who need an oxygen tank generally have trouble breathing, essentially have trouble getting enough oxygen out of the air ("air" also contains hydrogen, helium, etc.) So tanks contain pure oxygen so the people using them can take in enough oxygen with each breath.
2006-07-07 13:53:05 · answer #3 · answered by Pinky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the air we breath is only 17% oxygen. Some medical conditions require a higher concentration of oxygen and their doctors prescribe more.
2006-07-07 13:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by Skypilot49 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That oxygen is 100% pure and the tanks are filled at special processing plants.
Regular oxygen contains nitrogen and other gases.
2006-07-07 13:50:33 · answer #5 · answered by leehoustonjr@prodigy.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's compressed, the air we breath is only 18% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and 4% carbon dioxide or something about like that...
the oxygen in the tank is 100% oxygen,
2006-07-07 13:49:39 · answer #6 · answered by A.Marie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all im pretty sure they do is take like a vacume that is reversed put the oxygen in a metal air see led tin and there u go
2006-07-07 13:58:49 · answer #7 · answered by soccer_chick4333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use chemical reactions inside liquid that emit pure oxygen and catch it before it escapes.
2006-07-07 13:50:15 · answer #8 · answered by TommyBoy DDS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
our breathing air doesn't contain 100% oxygen, you know that, right? our breathing air is only about 20% oxygen.
2006-07-07 13:49:48 · answer #9 · answered by DigDug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋